Term Four Integrated Studies
Antarctica

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http://www.learnz.org.nz/antarctica164/diaries

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Social Studies - ANTARCTICA
Watch the introductory video with Shelly the LEARNZ teacher
https://vimeo.com/188234003


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Antarctica - Term 4

Links to Diaries for Antarctica from Shelley the LEARNZ Teacher will appear here during the field trip in November.

Diary 1 Monday 7 - Tuesday 8 November: Travel to Antarctica and complete your field training so you are ready to find out more about Antarctic history, heritage and science.

Diary 2 Wednesday 9 November: Meet members from the Antarctic Heritage Trust and find out about the work they are doing to preserve Antarctica's heritage.

Diary 3 Thursday 10 November: Visit the Trans Antarctic Expedition Hut set up in 1955 with the help of Sir Edmund Hillary and learn about the significance of this expedition.

Diary 4 Friday 11 November: Find out about the science of preservation as you explore Scott's Hut at Cape Evans.

Diary 5 Monday 14 November: Venture out to Cape Royd's to compare Scott's Hut with Shakelton's Hut and see how it has been preserved in time.

Diary 6 Tuesday 15 November: Skiddoo out to a remote field camp to see how the K131 science team is working to find out more about sea ice and catch up with the progress that they have made since last year's field trip.

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Shelly's Tweets

@LEARNZ #learnztrip first class seats on C17, Antarctica here we come. Thanks to @AntarcticaNZ & @InspireExplore pic.twitter.com/qp8SnLkUeU

— Shelley Hersey (@ShelleyHersey) November 6, 2016

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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37789594

World's largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica

By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent

Penguin

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LEARNZ

Welcome to Antarctica - cool science in action, which is supported by Microsoft, Antarctica New Zealand the Ministry of Education, and the Antarctic Heritage Trust. This Virtual Field Trip gets under way on Wednesday 9 November 2016. (Note this date has changed due to a change in the flight schedule to Antarctica).

Things to do from this newsletter:

• View the Antarctica web site for student preparation
• Take part in the free PLD webinar - yes, did that (Miss M)
• Book an audioconference by emailing shelley.hersey@core-ed.org
• Email shelley.hersey@core-ed.org with your content requests for this year's Antarctica field trip
• Prepare your students for their field trip
• Check out the Resources section with useful links
• Sign up an ambassador to join us on the field trip
• Follow Shelley on Twitter @ShelleyHersey

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Summary Page: 2016 Antarctica

Term 4 starting 14 November 2016.

A 2016 LEARNZ virtual field trip. This year Microsoft are partnering with CORE Education and theMinistry of Education, to take you south to explore 100 years of Antarctic science and exploration. This very exciting project is enabled by Antarctica New Zealand and the Antarctic Heritage Trust.

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Resources we can use

JOURNAL ITEMS
Title	Author	Type	RYL	Part/Level	No./Month	Year
Seabird of Antarctica	POSA, Chris	Poem		Children as Authors	1	1992
1907: What's in the news?	GIBBISON, Sue	Article	6	04	2	2007
	The first School Journal was published in May, 1907. What else was in the news that year?
Frozen food	WERRY, Philippa	Article	7	04	01	2006
	In Antarctica, you use up lots of energy just keeping warm, so you need lots of good, nutritious food to help keep you going. That's where Donna Wightman comes in. She's spent a year as the chef at New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica. In this article, we find out how Donna deals with the cold Antarctic conditions.
59.5 Degrees South	WILCOX, Sarah	Article	6	Level 3	August	2013
	There are 3,500 Argo floats in our oceans. Argo floats are used by scientists to learn more about our oceans. In this article the author is involved in releasing some new argo. The article also describes the design of an argo, how they move around oceans and send data, and how argo are adapted for different conditions.
The big chill and the big drill	ALCHIN, Rupert	Article	5	Connected	1_2	2008
	This article discusses what the weather was like in Antarctica in ancient times and the animals that then lived on this continent. It discusses how scientists find out this information and explains the ANDRILL project. This comes from the combined Connected 1 and 2 2008.
Who's Eating Who?	WALL, Bronwen	Article	7	Connected	L4	2012
	'Who's Eating Who?" introduces students to some of the creatures in the Antarctic food web. Students learn about some of the adaptations that enable these animals to survive in the harsh Antarctic environment.
Voyage to the cold south	SENDALL, Emily	Article	5	01	2	1994
	Emily Sendall went with her parents on a long voyage across the Southern Ocean to Deception Island in Antarctica. Extracts from her diary are illustrated with photographs.
Time capsule in the Antarctic	WESTERSKOV, Kim	Article	4	01	3	1991
	Ernest Shackleton's hut in Antarctica has stayed exactly as it was eighty years ago when he and his companions tried to reach the South Pole.
How cold is cold?	HUDSON, Rose	Article	4	03	1	1991
	Rose Hudson, teaching in the Falklands, got the chance to visit South Georgia near Antarctica to see the wild life there and find out what 'cold' really is.
An Ecologist on Ice	VANCE, Matt	Interview	8	Connected	04	2013
	Phil Lyver is a wildlife ecologist studying Adelie penguins in Antarctica. Phil explains how he and the team collect and use data to understand and predict penguin behaviour and support healthy ecosystems.
Southern quest Part I	BRONI, Stephen	Article	7	04	1	1990
	In Part 1 of this article, Stephen Broni tells how he came to join the "Footsteps of Scott Expedition" which, in 1985, took a team down to Antarctica to retrace Scott's route to the South Pole.
Making lakes and making quakes	ALCHIN, Rupert	Article	5	Connected	1_2	2008